Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-25
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He is very unpopular among his neigh
bors-nor, indeed. - popularity charac-
ters tic OF tte1elPer Winans. Apertfrom
englneeling and shipbulding i is very
hard to interest MIN in anything tie pro-
fesses to Ire more entertained oY the CIT
Gus. next to PATHS singing, than any
other form OF amusement. 1t Is told OF
MIN that Orce III Russia an American
manager brought circus COMPANY 10 81.
Petersburg. and hearing of Mr.. Ninans'
fondness for the sawdust ring went 10
him and suggested that he should shell
out such very considerable sum ior
boxes that Mr.. Winans asked Indignantly
il he was expected to pay for tine whole
performance
"Well, | haven't the slightest ob)ec-
ton" answered the man OF brass.
MIR. Winans was so tickled ut his m
effable impudence that he bought the
whole house. The night OF the perform
ance he presented himself with friend
or two and sat out the whole thing, to the
delight and amusement OF the circus peo-
pie, whom he made to answer HIS encores
and do just as II II thousand people were
present instead OF two or three,
The only sister OF the WinSns brothers
married Mr. Whistler, a near relative OF
the artist Whistler. Her two daughters
were brought up with her brothers. chill
dren, Ross and Celeste Winsns. After
the death of Ross Winans' young wife,
about tAn years ago, Neva Whistler, the
younger daughter. married her cOusin
Ross. NeVa was born at st. Petersburg.
and named Tor the river Neva. They have
lately built magnificent house in Baltl-
more, on ST. Paul street, which is one of
the show houses OF the town. They had
but one child, a baby Cir, that died Of
smallpox two or three wears ago. The
child was taken i'll at their country place
near Baltimore, and when the doctor pro-
Dounced IL smallpox both the father and
mother left 1t. They paid one of the best
doctors in Baltimore 81, 600 to take COM
plete charge of the case. He went out.
took capable nurse, and devoted himself
to 1t, but the poor child died few days
after. Money could not save it, and that
was all the parents seem to have had to
give it.
Besides his st. Paul street palace, Ross
Winans has his fathers old place on the
outskirts of the city and his cottage at
Newport-"Bleak House." The old es-
Enlistment was for many years the sub =
Ject OF curious investigation on the part
OF people who lived in Baltimore. Mr..
Thomas Winans was very inhOspitable
and the inside of his house was 80 rarely
seen that marvellous tales We're told
oOOub n AlBH "dll cnOlOrSu bhc
grounds and the iron gates were kept
locked. 1t was here that the great organ
was put up In Mr.. Winans' latter days
one Of the largest organs in the
country, which Mr.. Winans occa-
sionally hired professional musician to
play on for his amusement. "BleaR
House" at Newport Is a vast, gloomy
looking place right down on the beach,
where the famous ocean Drive" leads
past it. Here much of Miss Celeste
Winans' girlhoOd was spent. The WI.
nanses were not society people, and Miss
Winans was brought up in great seclu,
sion. When the rest of the world of New.
port was dancing and driving the heiresG
OF Thomas Winans was sitting on the end
OF the pier, in an old blue flannel frock,
fishing. But when she fished it was
with a rod pointed with silver.